How to Dry Basil
Basil, the word comes from the Greek, basileus, meaning king and is said to have first grown on the original cross of Christ. Even though it represented hatred to the ancient Greeks,...
Greeker Than The Greeks
The 3 Greek Graces of the British Pre-Raphaelite Art Movement
Marie Spartali Stillman, Aglaia Ionides Coronio and Maria Cassavetti Zambaco, known as The Three Graces, owing to their Greek roots, beauty and intellect, grew up surrounded by prominent figures of the British, Victorian...
Cynisca – The First Woman to Win the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece
At the time, 396 BC, the victory of Cynisca, a Spartan princess and according to Pausanius, ancient Greek travel writer, the first female champion of the ancient Olympic Games, was an unheard...
5 World Famous Logos Inspired by Greek Mythology
There’s a story behind everything and behind the following five world famous logos, the story is Greek. Greece has given so much to the world that most of the time we don’t...
Did You Know These 10 Iconic Cities Began As Greek Colonies?
From ancient times, without interruption, up until today, Greece, with its endless coastline, inlets and deep bays, which created natural harbours, has been a nation of seafarers. The sea, instilled in the...
Taurus – The Ancient Greek Myth Behind the Zodiac Sign
The Zodiac Sign of Taurus April 20 to May 20 The zodiac sign of Taurus, an Earth sign, depicted by a bull, is associated with the Greek myth of the abduction...
Did You Know the Red Carpet Originated in Ancient Greece?
The ancient Greeks were always one step ahead, whatever they put their mind to, they did it well; philosophy, architecture, mathematics, literature; they were the leaders. Did you know though, that they were...
Pythagoras – Mathematician – World Influencer – Ancient Greek Cult Leader
If you thought the first hippie communes where the cult followers believed their leaders to be God sprung up in the swinging sixties of flower power; think again. They existed way back...
Aries – The Ancient Greek Myth Behind the Zodiac Sign
The Zodiac Sign of Aries March 21 – April 19 The Greek myth associated with the zodiac sign of Aries is that of the Golden Fleece; the Chrysomallus (best known from the...
10 of the Weirdest Deaths in Ancient Greece
You won’t believe the ways in which these ancient Greeks died, some senseless, some embarrassing, some ridiculous, some hilarious but all curious, unusual and bizarre. Samuel Johnson, English critic, biographer, essayist and...
